Scenes from Kobe Chinatown, May 2025
If you look at the usual Kobe itinerary, you start from Sannomiya, go up to the Ijinkan district and come back down, then pass through Chinatown and do a loop around the harbor and Meriken Park. So… afte…
If you look at the usual Kobe itinerary, you start from Sannomiya, go up to the Ijinkan district and come back down, then pass through Chinatown and do a loop around the harbor and Meriken Park. So… afte…
Isuzu Bakery holds some memories for me. It has been in business in Kobe for that long, and it has stayed popular the whole time. Looking at it now, there are surely plenty of better bakeries, but it is still …
After going around the Ijinkan district I came back to Sannomiya, but I was a bit too tired to move on to the next item on the itinerary, so I stopped by TOOTH TOOTH. At first glance it looked like a great pla…
After doing a loop of the places you can visit for free, I went to the ones that charge admission. The English House You can do Sherlock Holmes cosplay here. The set is done pretty well. Whisky bar So they h…
After passing through Sannomiya and having a light lunch at Quarto, I stopped by the Ijinkan. Well… it’s a very typical Kobe sightseeing route. Post box They still keep things like this around. Wh…
Kobe is a place I used to visit really often, and I have all sorts of memories here. But coming back after a long while, it has developed a bit. There’s a new aquarium too. Places like this need the occa…
Kobe’s Kitano Hotel is famous for something like “the world’s best breakfast”… It’s so famous that getting a hotel reservation isn’t easy… And I also find myself…
Quarto is an Italian restaurant in Sannomiya, Kobe. It’s a fair way from the main Sannomiya street, though. A restaurant in a spot like this? I wondered… But wherever it is, people clearly know abo…
It had been a while since my last trip to Japan. Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle has opened a shop at Incheon Airport.. Spirits from Baekkyung Distillery They made it into the duty-free shop. Nice to see they se…
I end up dropping by Hyeondae Sundaeguk every now and then. I suspect the only reason I get the chance is that Yeongdong Market at least has parking… Sundaeguk It’s the kind of thing you eat for …
Yeonwoogung is a Chinese restaurant in Seorae Village. There are a few Chinese places in this neighbourhood, but this one was the cleanest. A place like this.. The prices are on the high side.. but restaurant…
Baekkyung Distillery is a place I have a slight connection to, since someone I know works there. They make their spirits seriously and properly, so part of this is me cheering them on, but setting that aside, …